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Issue: Vol. 5068 No. 1: 15 Nov. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-11-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.1.8
Page range: 142-148
Abstract views: 306
PDF downloaded: 21

Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) III: New additions of Metriogryllacris Karny, 1937

Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China
Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China
Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China.
Orthoptera Gryllacrididae Metriogryllacris new species

Abstract

In this paper, one new species is described from Yunnan province viz. Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) nigrilimbis Liu & Bian sp. nov.. Based on the specimens from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the morphological characters of Metriogryllacris (Metriogryllacris) permodesta (Griffini, 1914) are provided. All specimens are deposited in Guangxi Normal University.

 

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